Rushdie says in the introduction to the novel that in the west people tend to read the novel “as a fantasy” while in India readers think of it as “pretty realistic, almost a history book”.

Lakshmi Subramanian’s book, India before the Ambanis — A History of Indian Business Money and Economy, reviewed here is a rare work of lucid historical scholarship. Through her lively and ...

Another India' by Chandan Gowda reimagines Indian life through forgotten stories, folk memory, and everyday ethics. A quiet ...

Where does one begin unravelling the history of India and its peoples? There have been many beginnings in the telling of the story depending on who told it, when and why. Different yardsticks have ...